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Today's Topics:
1. Glenn Hauser logs May 22-23, 2011 (Glenn Hauser)
2. Logs for 22/5 (Zacharias Liangas )
3. Spurious distorted signal in 9597 to 9637 kHz range, 01-02 UT
(Wolfgang Bueschel)
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Message: 1
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 13:09:09 -0700 (PDT)
From: Glenn Hauser <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
Subject: [HCDX] Glenn Hauser logs May 22-23, 2011
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I beg indulgence of SW-only lists, as I again include some FM and TV DX which
has been hopping in lately. Disregard under CANADA, MEXICO, USA if not really
interested; or consider broader DXing horizons.
** ANTARCTICA. 15476, LRA36, May 23: tune-in at 1238 to just-barely-audible
carrier, much weaker than China on 15480. By 1246 rises to very-poor level with
some music; 1256 Spanish XYL talk mixed with music, S4-S8 averaging S6. 1303
building to peak of S7-S9+5 during vocal music; 1319 laughing in conversation;
1329 gone, cut off early as sometimes happens? (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING
DIGEST)
** CANADA. Sporadic E analog TV DX May 22, in UT:
At 1837 on ch 2 from north, `Family Guy` animation in English. Generic TV Guide
Canada (which is in bed with zap2it.com, and is not linked from the US TV Guide
site), says FG is on the Global network at 1:30-3 pm EDT, so that narrows it
down to CKND2 in Manitoba. If it were from NW it would be CICT in Calgary (if
the time fit, probably not), or from the NE one of the Ontarians, CIII2 or
CFGC2.
At 0217 UT May 23, following an afternoon of SC/NC/VA FM DX, and both TV and FM
DX from Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and San Lu?s Potos?, found analog Es on ch 2
from the northeast, live broadcast of Billboard Music Awards; in the USA on ABC
which has no full-power analog affiliates, so this must be Canada.
Online generic TV Guide Canada shows it`s via CTV Network [as CFTO with the CTV
logo barely visible unlike the CBC Exploding Pizza], so this must be CKCO2
Wiarton Ont., and/or CHBX, Sault Ste. Marie; continued in and out until fade
around 0300 when event ended, then a few snatches of weather grafix. Was a few
seconds ahead of KOCO via analog cable. Could not make out any local commercial
clues during long break around 0225, but did catch a CTV logo later at 0248
(Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** CHINA. Firedrake May 23:
17170, very good with flutter at 1243
16100, fair with flutter at 1244
15555, poor at 1246 compared to 15545
15545, good at 1246
15540, very poor at 1348, not on 15545 or 15555 now
15430, very poor at 1347; never before 1330
13970, good at 1159; very good at 1250
13920, very good at 1250; none in the 12`s
10970, fair at 1159; fair at 1253
7970, fair at 1254, and better than 10970
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** INDONESIA. 9526-, May 23 at 1334, poor with music, just enough to confirm
VOI is on the air today if not the language, supposedly English (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** MEXICO. Big sporadic E opening brought in both TV and FM the afternoon of
May 22; after already getting Canada on TV, and SC-NC-VA on FM, I switched to
analog TV, finding lots of Mexicans, UT:
1934, ch 2, many stations interfering, encouraging higher tuning
1934, ch 3, movie from Net 5 per bug in upper right; went back to FM hoping for
Mexico, but not yet, still eastern US dominating; see U S A
2042, ch 3, still movie, now obviously from music and Pierce Brosnan, a James
Bond one. Surely XHBQ in Zacatecas, the only full-power 5 on 3
2042, ch 4, CCI
2056, ch 5, same movie as 3, JB music. Could be XHGC lead station, DF
2058, ch 6, video with Spanish ad, and 10 kHz offset QRM; some audio starting
to show; 2100 with 6 logo animation, so this is a local-origination station;
``Finanzas 6 pr?spero para todos``, ``Flash Finanzas``; PSA for Tribunal
Federal de Justicia, with a logo consisting of a capital T overlain by a
lower-case f.
Then ``6 Aguascalientes TV presenta ---`` ``El Cuartel del Aire``, ``escenarios
de San Marcos, 2011``, outdoor concert in the dark starting with group singing
and speaking in German, mentions Multi-kulti. Briefly snow-free. Continuous
Aguascalientes 6 ID bug in upper left. This is XHCGA, the logo visible here
http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/aguascalientes/tv.htm
but his link to the station site doesn`t work, instead from here, run by the
Ags. state government
http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/
which also has streaming video. I DXed this station last year, but always a
pleasure to see it again.
2127, 87.75, ch 6 audio heard on FM, with Bond music from net-5
A lot more TV on chs 2-6, but I concentrated on FM while I could. MUF fell
below FM after 2200.
2213, ch 4, San Lu?s Potos? mentioned, maybe XHSLP, Once TV network
2216, ch 5, still with a net-5 movie, maybe no longer James Bond
2323, ch 5 in Spanish, game show sort of like Wheel of Fortune or Jeopardy, one
of the contestants in a skeleton costume scaring his female opponent away; TVDX
fadeout around 2345 [but CANADA, q.v., back in early next UT day]
FM DX from Mexico, after getting Aguascalientes ch 6 TV. Equipment: DX-398 on
AC, antenna built-in whip only, easily manoeuvrable, inside.
2114 UT, 90.5, English rock with Es fades; 2121 Spanish ID sounds like ``Cuba
90.5``, but surely not, more rock in English. 2125, ``Cuba 90.5, ochentas,
noventas y hoy``. I`m switching back and forth with 92.7. At 2129, 90.5 ID as
XHUVA, Aguascalientes, also mentions an AM frequency --- 1170 per Cant? --- all
the Ags AM and FM stations are here:
http://www.mexicoradiotv.com/aguascalientes/index.htm --- so this is really
``Uva 90.5``, not Cuba. Is/Are Ags known for grapes?
2116, 92.7, Castilian-accented documentary on how well Japanese cars are
maintained, making them good bets for the second-hand market in Kenya, complete
with location sound. Educational station? The RDS is stuck claiming TEMP 57C,
which I find hard to believe either in F or C! Next probably not the same
station:
2123, 92.7 now bearing English rock, but that doesn`t mean it`s not Mexico!
2126 ID as ``Alternativa FM 92.7, contigo en todo momento``, PSA with phone
number to call the army - ej?rcito, sponsored by el gobierno del estado --- but
which? Don`t they know they have listener a thousand miles away?? And back to
rock in English. 2130, full ID as XHUVTA (?), Alternativa, street address for
grupo Radio y Televisi?n de Aguascalientes; another PSA for calling the army
(vs drug wars?), promo for related AM, Radio 13-20. Cant? and Elving show the
call for 92.7 is really XHRTA, contrary to what I thought I heard above.
2142, 96.5, plug for a 25 de mayo event, probably a concert, in a Zacatecas
palacio; poor and soon faded. FM Atlas shows XHZER, Fresnillo, Zac. But Cant?
says it`s in Zacatecas city.
2143, 97.7, Mexican novelty song, ``es la n?mero uno en San Lu?s Potos?``,
fadeout. So it`s XHSNP, La Caliente, en SLP city per Cant?.
2152, 97.3 PSA from gobierno del estado, but which? Poor and fadeout. But then
I got one more US station, from NC, see U S A (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** OKLAHOMA [and non?]. While Es FM DXing, May 22, some local notes:
88.7, KLVV plugs website as http://www.mypraisefm.com
90.3, at 2201 UT preacher in Spanish, weak, probably groundwave, as Mexico`s
radio dial is not yet infested by gospel huxters like ours.
90.5, one of my most open frequencies, after finding TVDX from Mexico, checking
this at 2012 hoping for XEDA or something, but hear a weak station in Spanish
talking about Jes?s, probably one of the Oklahomans other than KNYD, or Kansan.
Or Virginia? See U S A. Mexico came later.
99.7, stereo pilot on, but at 1919 ``Green Onions`` is playing in mono,
absolutely no separation, from ``The True Oldies Channel``, i.e. KZLS
`Mustang`, and VG signal now. Must have completed their upgrade/move slightly
closer to Enid but still in OKC market.
Chisholm Trail Broadcasting bought out its original Alva competitor on 99.7,
KXLS, with site halfway to Enid; then put KXLS format on another station it
bought out, 95.7 in Lahoma; moved its original 96.9 KNID halfway to OKC,
rebranded as ``Bob``; put its main station KNID on 99.7. But more recently
closed 99.7 to move it into OKC market, moving KNID again to 107.1. At 2005,
some music really is in stereo.
101.1, the latest frequency for KVRO Stillwater, originally commercial student
station, at 1854 ``California Dreamin``` with extreme stereo separation,
artificial? Slogan sounded like ``RC Rock `n` Roll``. Quickly discounted from
being DX, as signal too steady, even more so at 1901 slogan as ``classic
rock``, interrupted for EAS notification of Tornado Watch #326 for Lincoln and
Payne counties, the latter = Stillwater. (None of the tornadic weather extended
as far west as Enid today, fortunately. whew).
104.1, RDS at 2029: KMGL / MAGIC / 104.1 / OKLAHOMA / CITY`S / FAVORITE (Glenn
Hauser, Enid, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. Sporadic E FM DX May 22, in UT: main reference is FM Atlas XXI, now
over one year old, so some calls etc., could be outdated. Equipment: DX-398, on
south-facing porch with AC, antenna built-in whip only, easily manoeuvrable.
After 2030 it was too hot, 90+ so I went inside, using same.
1848, 93.7 with car race in stereo overriding baseball; the latter obviously
KSPI Stillwater OK as after 1900 the game was OSU vs Texas Tech, with homey
announcer. Any ideas from SC area?
1850, 95.9, country music, RDS scrolls: MARY GENTRY Y-ROLL WITH ME as song
title, and ID: KICKIN / 95.9 / MONTGOMERY. Silly me, I figured Montgomery was
the city, like in Alabama, but must be the GENTRY artist, as Kickin` 95.9 leads
to WIOP, Isle of Pines SC, a Charleston suburb. FM Atlas does not have any
slogan for it, but shows 50 kW on an ex-Class A channel. There is another 95.9
in the Mont`y AL market.
1852, 100.3, phone 533-1660 for NTIA (?) Net; Orangeburg Pharmacy on Russell
St., ``here in Orangeburg since 1912``, another ad for Chestnut Grill. It`s
WORG (get it?) but COL Elloree SC, 25 kW. Nice to hear another station from
around O`burg, since WPJK eliminated its 3160 harmonic last year.
1856, 89.3, organ music, fades, stereo, then `Pipedreams` announcer Michael
Barone. National program on many public stations, but fortunately RDS IDs it
right away as SC ETV, i.e. WSCI Charleston. This network is in trouble with a
budget-cutting anti-intellexual governor; but it`s always been odd for a
statewide radio network to be such a subsidiary of TV that it`s known as a TV
network on radio.
1858, 95.1, rock music, RDS: WSSX-FM, i.e. Charleston SC. FM Atlas shows slogan
``95-SX`` but if so, why not on the RDS that way? I`ll take a full legal
callsign any day.
1900, 100.9, mention wayfm.com I figured it would be tough to track down one
of the gospel-huxter nets with lots of translators, but found a match
immediately at http://www.wayfm.com --- the only 100.9 being yet another outlet
for Charleston SC. FMA shows it`s really WPAL-FM, 13 kW at Ridgeville.
2015, 90.5, at first thought groundwave, weak station in English, ``positive
hits 89 point ? something``, sharathon. Googling matches this with 89.9 at
http://www.positivehits.org/ --- lotsa luck finding any real callsigns on their
webstite; not even on a coverage map with lots more frequencies, but the main
ones 89.9 for Northern Virginia, 90.5 for Central Virginia.
No slogans matching in FM Atlas, but 89.9 (unheard) must be WPER Culpeper, and
90.5 WJYJ, 18.5 kW in Fredericksburg. FCC FM Query confirms both are licensed
to Positive Alternative Radio. Oh oh, 90.5 WPIM, 4 kW in Martinsville is also
licensed to same, so which was I getting? This one alone has the `PAR FM`
slogan in FM Atlas.
2018, 93.7, ``Bob FM`` advertising a concert in Virginia Beach, Newport News,
overriding KSPI. RDS: BOB-FM / 93.7 / ANYTHING / WE PLAY --- yes, in that
order. I.e. WNOB [sic], Chesapeake VA, 100 kW.
2021, 95.1, RDS: WAIT BY / PAULA / COLE / ON Z95.1. This fits for WQMZ,
Charlottesville VA, which is well inland unlike the mostly coastal stations
heard so far. http://www.z95.net/ FMA shows it only as Z-95, 6 kW.
2021, 95.3, ad for Hunting Hog Golf Club, and The Pavilion (restaurant?) near
the ninth hole, phone 749-1900. That info leads to Ashland VA, just north of
Richmond, i.e. WKHK, Colonial Heights-Richmond, 47 kW, says FM Atlas. Colonial
Heights is on the other side of Richmond, south. The third time I heard it,
decided they were saying ``Hunting Hawk Golf Club`, slightly more upscale, and
that checks out. Then mentioned near highways 64 and 295 (Interstates) and that
totally clinches it. Also mentioned another hiway, and Innsbruck(?), then
fadeout.
2024, 97.3, RDS: 97.3 THE EAGLE --- country music playing: BLAKE SHELTON /
HONEY BEE. Must be WGH-FM, nice call! Which FM Atlas has as Eagle 97 FM,
Newport News-Hampton Roads-Norfolk.
2026, 97.5, PSA For Piedmont Casa(?), 971-7515; ID for Charlottesville Radio
Group, community awareness; mentions Bubble Wilson, hard-sell ad by Charlie
Obaugh Chevy in Waynesboro for 42 mpg vehicle. Phone and Piedmont CASA lead to
http://www.pcasa.org/news.php = Court Appointed Special Advocates, for
children.
So station is WWWV, Charlottesville VA, `3WV` per FM Atlas, 8.9 kW. I wonder
how accurate their time signals are? I should also have been getting WBRA-DT on
channel 3, but my setup is logistically inconvenient to DX FM and TV at the
same time.
2155, 97.3, mixing with Aguascalientes (see MEXICO), phone number 910 332-2387
promo for Cumulus radio group jobs. This leads to Wilmington NC, i.e. WMNX, 100
kW.
2159, after an hour of Mexican TV and FM DX, a last gasp from the east, on
90.5, brief fade-in just for ID, ``WDLL, Dillon``, religious. That`s 25 kW
direxional, from Dillon SC (Glenn Hauser, Enid OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** NEW ZEALAND [and non]. AM and DRM frequencies reversed: May 23 at 0553 and
also after 0600, RNZI in DRM on 11720-11725-11730, AM on 11675 mentioning
Christchurch! Another programming mixup, or deliberate? Not shown as such on
the website. This QRMed NHK in French on 11730 via FRANCE, instead of BBC
Arabic on 11680, altho the latter was still getting some analog NZACI (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** SAUDI ARABIA. 17615, May 23 at 1333, Qur`an by a cantor with a rather
unpleasant nasal sound, better than // 17625, better than // 17895, all BSKSA
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 9680 and 9715, WYFR, May 23 at 0558 with flutter, quite unusual from
Okeechobee, southerly single-hop site. Usually these are loud and clear,
sometimes not, but lacking flutter. Perhaps a reflexion of Brother Camping`s
instability. K index at 06 was only 1, SF = 85, says WWV (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX
LISTENING DIGEST)
** U S A. 12100, WTWW: George McClintock advised me May 23 at 1527 that this
frequency would be testing off and on today; it ran beautifully yesterday for
nine hours, and may also be on all-night; however, not on when I checked at
1942 (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
** VATICAN [non]. 13730, while Vatican Radio via CANADA was in unscheduled
Spanish after 1200 Sunday May 22, on Monday May 23 at 1205 it was back to
English, news about Syria (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 9320, May 23 at 0601, extremely strong S9+25 open carrier with
slight fading, stronger than 9330 WBCQ; at 0608, 9320 making some digital
noises, probably Cuban or US spy transmitter as heard occasionally on other 9,
11 MHz frequencies late at night. Before that, I could detect local audio mix
from ESPN Radio, KCRC 1390 on that carrier, presumably occurring inside
receiver (Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 11500, May 23 at 1209 and 1253 all I can hear is a fair open
carrier with a bit of hum. Either: V. of Russia in English via TAJIKISTAN,
losing modulation; or: Firedrake against Sound of Hope, also lacking modulation
(Glenn Hauser, OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 14505-USB, May 23 at 1247, two-way in colloquial Spanish so hard
to understand, one with some lite engine noise in background enough to keep the
vox on during his pauses. Mentioned kilos, but also pescados, so
narcotraffickers or fishing poachers; or both? Still going at 1310 (Glenn
Hauser, OK, DX LISENING DIGEST)
UNIDENTIFIED. 14970, May 23 at 0551, weak oscillating tones much like the
jamming in the 0430-0530 hour on 13730 against R. Dabanga for Sudan via UAE;
14970 is of course a Firedrake frequency elsewhen, but maybe coincidental.
Furthermore, DX Mix News reports that R. Dabanga has moved to 15550, still via
UAE; and still // 13620 via Madagascar, the only one we get here (Glenn Hauser,
OK, DX LISTENING DIGEST) ###
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Message: 2
Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 23:30:02 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for 22/5
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Logs for 22/5
http://zlgr.multiply.com/journal/item/366
7540 VoA 1532 with talks in Eng ,abt Obama Admin . E Asia 1555 ID at 1557 and
1559
Heard //7575 @1559* for the later
7600 BBC 1602 with prg in Tamil or related language (via THA - Udorn Thani? )
Some music
then s/off 1615
1323 Romania R Mures 1625 with oldie song YL ref to Eurovision and ID as R
mursh
Steady signal on 2x16in V at S0
8500 Libya 1650 with OM talking in Arabic refs to Allah (was an interview by YL
)1652 wirth
arab song S6
FRS 7685 on 1600 and 7600 on 1700 : For 7685 the signal was nearly nil under
the local
noise , but for 1700 to ca 1800 signal was relatively better (Radio star ). For
R Star I heard
mostly classical music in early all the program with short ID trailers in
between Suppose they
stopped transmission after 1800 or R Thailand due to their S9 signal
suppressed reception .
7600 transmission not above S2
There are 3 recordings tat can be found in the above page
18930 YFR out band on 1822 with prg in French ' la bible parle' , ID As R
Familie , giving
web address 'choir du lecteur ' Signal S6
5066.3 Candip 1830 signal S2 over S0.5 QRN with clear carrier in SSB but quite
poor in
terms of reception due to local noise or possibly station's low modulation with
very few
exception of hearing a song
6936v SW R Malta 1839 wit pop songs better heard in NB AM Heard ID on 1902
then
continuing with songs mostly rock S3
15215 Libya R Africa in pres Hausa ? 1841 with talks by OM stressing on
'sefri' 1843 with a
hilife song but music has some speed twists (as tape bending )and ID on 1850
"... Afica ..
Jamahiria' S 8
13740 Dardarsha 7 1903 with ID OM and YL with refs to Internet and on democracy
7125.03 Radio Conakry (GUI) 1912 with talks by OM in French . A folk song then
possibly
political talks by OM A discussion between 2 ppl but also nice hilife songs in
between S9
New tune in 2209 with news in FF mentioning dare s salaam and signal S5
11665 possibly RTM with a poor signal of S2 under strong QRM from 11670 Best
to hear on
LSB this time with full filter narrow tune to below 1,2 kHz Heard a song from
Hetty Koes
Endang
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Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert, 1m australian loop
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Message: 3
Date: Tue, 24 May 2011 03:46:53 +0200
From: "Wolfgang Bueschel" <[email protected]>
To: "egroups_harmonics" <[email protected]>, "HCDX"
<[email protected]>, "DXLD" <[email protected]>
Subject: [HCDX] Spurious distorted signal in 9597 to 9637 kHz range,
01-02 UT
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reply-type=original
INDIA 9595 250kW 334degr Delhi (Khampur) 0000-0430 Urdu (to Pakistan),
produces a terrible distorted FM broadband like signal in 9597 to 9637 kHz
range this morning. S=8 distortion level.
73 wb df5sx
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